I even made a mess on AirFrance with all my drawing stuff laid out on two seats. Who knew many AF flight attendants were former artistes? Doing warmups can be fun - except when you thought they weren't going to be just a 'warm-up'. Enfin, not a warm-up, but an Angelina I'm happy with. Back home the mess continues minus Tom the cat.I wonder if Squeak makes house calls?Here's what I'm listening to whilst I get messy.BONJOUR ETON MESS!

What a lovely mess it all is. I am once again enjoying this London/Paris trip ala PB and have to say, you don't just pay a visit you set up camp and make it your own. And I love the still life photo, how fun to peek you in the shiny pot's reflection. I wonder if the Eton mess was as comforting as it looked. Enjoy the weekend.

I do most of my souvenir shopping at supermarkets :-) I especially love spices & such that I can cook with for some time to come. I am almost out of a divine white pepper I bought at Monoprix in Paris...

tres jolie. I'm sorry for my question -- did you study somewhere? You're obviously not self-taught painter, right? I really like you works and I wonder did you find all these techniques "vous-meme" or you have a special eduction; merci. pamplemuss

Carole- I'm like you I love le super-marche especially in Paris - but I couldn't get the hang of what to do about the fruit & Veg - I put it in a bag, went to the check-out-"non,non Madame" so I go back and tip it out put it on the scales(minus sac) then she says "non,non,madame vous-devez emploi le sac" aagh!!Love your blogDianne xx

I just wanted to let you know how much I love your blog. I fell in love with Paris the first time I went 20 years ago and so love reliving my time in such a special place through your watercolors and photos.

I love your 'workspace' and of course thinks Tom is the luckiest guy around!

JEANETTE, Thanks to 'Premium Voyageur' I had THREE empty seats to MESS UP!

HahahahaHere's what you do next time in the super-marche PUDDINGLANE.Put stuff in a plastic bagThen go to the scale Find the number for the fruit/vegPress that number, weigh the stuff, and out will pop a ticket.Stick ticket on plastic bag of stuffet VOILA!

Carol, I too love exploring supermarkets--my favorite is to look at baby food in the French supermarkets--so sophisticated--artichokes for babies! I usually bring back dog or cat treats from foreign markets. LuLu

I love, love, love your messes. I entered a still life design in a flower show recently. The title of the exhibit was the Lure of the Garden. I had a Picasso looking vase, an antique paint box from a now deceased artist friend and a book about Picasso. I had flowers in the vase arranged very Picassoish.I even downloaded Picasso's handwriting and had a sketch of the vase and flowers (as if he had sketched it before painting it). After the judging I was talking with one of the judges (I just happen to have been a clerk as the group of judges judged the exhibit I had entered and could not say a word the whole time the judges were doing their thing) about the exhibit. She mentioned mine and said that it really was creative and inovative but just sooooooooo messy. She said if the exhibitor had just cleaned up the paint off the box and had cleaned us some of the old tubes of paints and paintbrushes it would have been more pleasing to the eye. I laughed and said that the said exhibit was mine and that the paint box did not need cleaning up since that was the nature of the box. I had a good laugh and was pleased with my 2nd place ribbon.

You would probably faint if I took a picture of my sewing/junque room!!!

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Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
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